Studies on variability, heritability and genetic advance for growth, yield, and quality traits in bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.]
Author(s):
Arun Kumar Verma, KP Singh, Lokendra Singh, PK Singh, Virendra Kumar, Bankey Lal and Satyendra Kumar
Abstract:
An investigation was conducted with ten diverse bottle gourd (L. siceraria) strains/cultivars, including Pusa Naveen, Pusa Santusthi, Kalyanpur Long green, KBGL-20, KBGL-14, KBGL-22, KBGL-29, NDBG-1, NDBG-121 and H-22. The study was based on fifteen characters, namely node number to first staminate flower appears, node number to first pistillate flower appears, ratio of pistillate: staminate flowers, internodal length (cm), vine length at last picking stage (m), number of primary branches per plant, days to first fruit harvest, average weight per fruit (kg), number of fruits per plant, fruit diameter (cm), fruit length (cm), duration of crop (days), total soluble solids (TSS) 0Brix, specific gravity of fruits (g/cc) and fruit yield per plant (kg). The result of phenotypic coefficient of variation (PCV) were higher than genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV) for all the characters and high heritability coupled with high genetic advance in percent of mean for node number to first staminate and pistillate flower appears, ratio of pistillate: staminate flowers, average weight per fruit, number of fruits per plant, fruit length in both F1 and F2 generations and fruit yield per plant in F2. Indicating that most likely that heritability is due to additive gene effects and selection may be effective.
How to cite this article:
Arun Kumar Verma, KP Singh, Lokendra Singh, PK Singh, Virendra Kumar, Bankey Lal, Satyendra Kumar. Studies on variability, heritability and genetic advance for growth, yield, and quality traits in bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.]. Pharma Innovation 2022;11(3):2428-2430.